The efforts of many Johnson Space Center scientists, in collaboration with colleagues throughout NASA and other organizations, led to the recent successful landings of Spirit and Opportunity on Mars. Although […]
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NASA to Update Media on SLEP Summit
The second summit of the Space Shuttle Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) is under way this morning at the San Luis Resort in Galveston, Texas. Armed with the President’s clear […]
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22nd Northrop Grumman-Built DSP Launched Successfully; U.S. Air Force Satellite Joins DSP Constellation On-Orbit
The 22nd Northrop Grumman Corporation-built Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite was successfully launched today by the U.S. Air Force from Cape Canaveral Air Station. A Titan IVB rocket and Inertial […]
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Successful Launch of Last Boeing IUS Deploys U.S. Air Force Satellite
On the final mission for the program, a Boeing Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) payload booster vehicle successfully deployed a U.S. Air Force Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite today. The IUS-10 […]
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GRS Games develops SpaceStation: SIM with NASA Space Act Agreement
GRS Games is nearing completion of SpaceStation:SIM, a PS2/PC video game due for initial release for the Christmas 2004 season. The game is being developed through a NASA Space Act […]
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The Most Distant Quasars Probe End of Cosmic Dark Ages
The most distant known quasars show that some supermassive black holes formed when the universe was merely 6 percent of its current age, or about 700 million years after the […]
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Next Space Station Crew Discusses Six-Month Mission
The next residents of the International Space Station will discuss their upcoming mission during a live televised news conference on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 2 p.m. EST at NASA’s Johnson […]
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EaglePicher Helps Power Mars Mission
Products from EaglePicher Technologies, LLC played an integral role in powering NASA’s Mars mission. The Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity used EaglePicher Technologies (EPT) thermal batteries to successfully assist […]
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New Mars Data for Maestro: Opportunity #1
The first package of Mars data from the rover Opportunity is now available for download. This package includes data acquired between Jan. 24 and Jan. 29, 2004, including the first […]
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Gravitational Lens Reveals Heart of a Distant Galaxy
Cambridge, MA– Many examples are known where a galaxy acts as a gravitational lens, producing multiple images on the sky of a more distant object like a bright quasar hidden […]
